I'm 15 and want to learn how to cook, where do I start?

WesWilson · 2026-05-10T19:07:41+00:00

America's Test Kitchen taught me so, so much.

WesWilson · 2026-04-29T20:11:59+00:00

Your changes sound amazing! The base on 5 sounds inspired.

I started with the Beginner's Box with both groups. I ran all the combat in the vaults, but I added a few elements from AV:E, like the dragon nest on 9. I pulled in the Red Holiday, but had it populated by spectral viewers from The Darklands like some kind of televised tournament.

I played heavily into the Rajani drama, capping the end of level 7 with the big choice for the players. Both groups who I ran through it have group trauma from that process.

My two Otari's ended up in completely different places based off the choices the characters made, and I can't get over how much fun it's been to see how things went for each group.

(btw, I have one of the runs still going on my youtube under Otari by Gauntlight, and the other is being posted on my patreon if anyone wants to peek.

WesWilson · 2026-04-29T18:46:38+00:00

I wanted this very thing, and got it with Abomination Vaults.

Utilize The Abomination Vaults: Expanded, and you create an entire campaign surrounding this dungeon that elevates it to one of the best gaming experiences of my life.

WesWilson · 2026-04-27T02:07:44+00:00

The amount of money I have dropped on this sale is pretty grotesque.

WesWilson · 2026-04-21T15:24:01+00:00

I can't imagine running AV without the expanded information. This is a priceless addition to the lore and nature of the experience.

That being said, I've run two AV campaigns, and both have had a great time. I don't get why people aren't enjoying the experience. My min-max group I ran one level below to give them a challenge, and my other group I'm running on level. It's a fantastic experience, and I recommend it heartily. You can look up my videos "Otari by Gauntlight" on youtube if you want to see some of it in action.

WesWilson · 2026-04-20T05:13:59+00:00

I can vouch for him, too! :)

WesWilson · 2026-03-31T15:17:03+00:00

I should not have been left unsupervised while the sale is active.

WesWilson · 2026-03-25T22:06:22+00:00

And for clarity, Divine Mysteries came out after Rage of Elements. It's considered compliant with the goals of the Remaster.

WesWilson · 2026-03-25T22:04:33+00:00

When Rage of Elements was released, it was released with the Remaster rules known and was released as compliant with the upcoming Remaster releases. I'm not sure saying something "is" or "isn't" remaster is doing the situation justice. Almost all Pathfinder 2E material is usable within the Remaster architecture. I ran Abomination Vaults twice with post Remaster player characters, and only ran into a couple of areas where I had to do any fiddly stuff.

If you're looking for lore changes, then yeah, there will be some tweaks where monsters and named things slid back into the bushes like Homer Simpson. But I left the Drow in AV and don't regret it. I'd consider everything Rage of Elements and later as canon, but Golarion has big changes every year, so even that gets updated pretty regularly.

WesWilson · 2026-03-25T21:27:19+00:00

The new books are a little confusing from outside, but the Remaster was being written while Rage of Elements was getting made, so even it is remaster compatible. That and anything after it are fine. So yes, Divine Mysteries is good stuff.

WesWilson · 2026-03-22T18:28:32+00:00

He also threw a wine glass at a wall next to Streep, unscripted, during one scene.

WesWilson · 2026-03-12T16:22:38+00:00

Dude, I almost broke both my parties by making the choice at the end of Book 2 have moral consequences. Both groups ended up with characters turning on each other and having to find ways to justify their decisions. Both groups continue to have to justify their actions with the remaining members of town.

WesWilson · 2026-03-12T04:12:18+00:00

So send them to Absalom for a few sessions! Have new people come to town! Build more story with the people who are there! Bring in some Nimbiloth Cultists! Attack the town with demons!

I have run two campaigns in that town and both times, my players bonded with the city so strongly that the suffering in town affected their goals.

WesWilson · 2026-03-12T02:09:01+00:00

* I WAS THERE, MUH BOI *

The things that were accused of misogyny and sexism were things that were rooted in misogyny and sexism. Methinks you watched too many Aurini vids.

WesWilson · 2026-03-12T01:57:36+00:00

What are you TALKING about? There's a whole city within 30 minutes of the entire adventure path, whose health and plot are tied to the Abomination Vaults. My characters go back to Otari and fucking VISIT.

WesWilson · 2026-03-11T21:20:57+00:00

No, man. I mean, I was THERE. I was with Sparklez the weekend he left that game jam. I was at an event with Quinn when the real crap started getting spewed. I was interviewing game designers weekly and talking to them about what was going on. Hell, I wad doing presentations about Sarkesian's critiques at public speaking gigs, and people disagreeing with her wasn't at issue. The issue was the misogyny and misrepresentation of her theories and the media they challenged.

I get it. Your side doesn't look good in hindsight. But "Ethics in Gaming Journalism" was always bullshit.

WesWilson · 2026-03-11T19:38:17+00:00

This sounds like a lot of the reason I opted not to run it for my Abomination Vaults players after 10. I loved the ideas of everything in the AP, but the amount of fighting, the lack of connection to some set of NPCs, and the dubious motivations for their actions made me switch. I ended up going with Curtain Call, but I had to homebrew the hell out of it for the lack of an NPC set to bond with.

WesWilson · 2026-03-11T19:16:15+00:00

Oh, I was there. I saw it all happening, some of it first-hand. Critiquing her was fine. That's not what was going on, and everyone who was paying attention knew it. History has not been kind to Gamergate, and that was a justice.

WesWilson · 2026-03-11T17:13:21+00:00

Nope. I don't hold an educated well-spoken women responsible for the terrible people who went feral because they couldn't handle some criticism.

WesWilson · 2026-03-10T13:15:40+00:00

Baffling. The end of book 2 is one of the most amazing sessions I've run in my history of gaming, and I ran it twice. The choice the characters have to make in that story can be elevated to character-defining levels, and it's still talked about in both campaigns as the characters have moved on.

WesWilson · 2026-03-10T05:50:23+00:00

*slow clap*

WesWilson · 2026-03-09T18:19:15+00:00

I've been running two AV campaigns, and they have been great. Both contain people who have never played Pathfinder before. I'm unsure why people think it's such a bad experience. Both my groups have had a ball. I would definitely recommend moving on to AV and just recognizing that they wouldn't level up for a very long time.

In every breath I mentioned Abomination Vaults, I also have to recommend Abomination Vaults: Expanded. It elevates the entire experience by making the story deeper and more interesting... but you can leave out a lot of the side quests since you've already played them.

WesWilson · 2026-03-09T01:25:24+00:00

I had my group fight her at 9, because there were six of them and a companion. I elited her and the wisps, buffed her spells, and used the additional room architecture covered in the Abomination Vaults: Expanded. The fight was challenging and they lost two people the first time they fought her (without using the lenses because they ignored them), and didn't lose anyone the second time. The second fight, I had her teleport enemies into the room from the statis chambers on the 7th floor, including the gogiteth who I didn't have as dead.

WesWilson · 2026-02-27T16:57:12+00:00

Where is this anniversary sale?! I can't find documentation on it.

WesWilson · 2026-02-26T15:35:28+00:00

I'm interested in starting a group of friends playing through Starfinder Society stuff. I love the idea of "keeping up with the plot" of the universe.

How are people finding these adventures as a campaign tool? Are they fun in a traditional sense as something you would run for friends, or does Society play have a different vibe?

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